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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Paducah, KY

May 23, 2000Massac County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2000, 10:17 PM CDT for Massac County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2000, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Massac County, IL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1386 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

280 
WFUS53 KPAH 240319
TORPAH
ILC127-240345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1017 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER CENTRAL MASSAC COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTH OF METROPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE JUST NORTHEAST OF METROPOLIS AT 1035 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW.

PS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Union43 min
May 23, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHardin, Pope30 min
May 23, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson59 min
May 23, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac50 min
May 23, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion75 min
May 23, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope29 min
May 23, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPulaski72 min
May 23, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion33 min
May 23, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion48 min
May 23, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPulaski42 min
May 24, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion39 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.